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Godchecker.com - Your Guide To The Gods. Moirai. Etymology[edit] The Ancient Greek word moira (μοῖρα) means a portion or lot of the whole, and is related to meros, "part, lot" and moros, "fate, doom",[6] Latin meritum, "desert, reward", English merit, derived from the PIE root *(s)mer, "to allot, assign".[7] Moira may mean portion or share in the distribution of booty (ίση μοίρα, isi moira, "equal booty"),[8] portion in life, lot, destiny, (μοίρα έθηκαν αθάνατοι, moiran ethikan athanatoi, "the immortals fixed the destiny")[9] death -moros- (μοίρα θανάτοιο, moira thanatoio, "destiny of death"), portion of the distributed land.,[10] The word is also used for something which is meet and right (κατά μοίραν, kata moiran, "according to fate, in order, rightly")[11] Kismet, the predetermined course of events in the Muslim religion, seems to have a similar etymology and function.

Moirai

It means Fate or destiny in the Indo-Aryan Urdu language. Once Upon a Time. About 10 years ago, I adopted one of the dorkiest imaginable of all human hobbies: reading about fairies.

Once Upon a Time

It started with a book I had picked up at the library for a research project—At the Bottom of the Garden by Diane Purkiss (if that doesn’t sound dorky enough for you, let me tell you the subtitle: A Dark History of Fairies, Hobgoblins, and Other Troublesome Things)—and gathered steam from there. I read Yeats on Irish mythology, contemporary storytellers on fairy lore and superstitions, and basically anything else I could get my hands on. What addicted me to these books was that they revealed something to me that was absolutely fascinating, and that I had not previously heard: originally, long before Shakespeare’s Puck and Ariel, before Tinker Bell, and way way before Francesca Lia Block’s pastel fantasies, fairies were goddamn terrifying. Let’s backtrack a bit. Reading/Viewing List. Course Schedule: Reading and Assignments. The French Fairy Tale in Newfoundland: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage.

The French Fairy Tale in Newfoundland Few people today have experienced a living, oral tale tradition, particularly that of the wonder tale or fairy tale.

The French Fairy Tale in Newfoundland: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage

The term as it is used today suggests tales for children, and the stories are probably best known through Walt Disney films based on versions published in Perrault or by the Grimm Brothers. The Lure of the Fairy Tale. In Grimms’ Fairy Tales there is a story called “The Stubborn Child” that is only one paragraph long. Here it is, in a translation by the fairy-tale scholar Jack Zipes: Once upon a time there was a stubborn child who never did what his mother told him to do. The dear Lord, therefore, did not look kindly upon him, and let him become sick.

No doctor could cure him and in a short time he lay on his deathbed. After he was lowered into his grave and covered over with earth, one of his little arms suddenly emerged and reached up into the air. PsyArt: An Online Journal for the Psychological Study of the Arts. The fairy tale or folk tale is the most widespread and possibly oldest form of literature: an unpretentious, dreamy type of story, without an identifiable author, recounting miraculous events that are set in some indefinite place and time.

PsyArt: An Online Journal for the Psychological Study of the Arts

Simple as they may seem, fairy tales are not always easily accessible to a sophisticated audience. In our (post)modern times they have more or less disappeared from sight. ‘Enlightened’minds in the past have tried to suppress them and have succeeded to the extent that fairy tales are looked upon, nowadays, as infantile material, appreciated only by the very young, or perhaps by the occasional romantic soul. Schenectady Gazette - Google News Archive Search. Brothers Grimm: Fairy Tales, History, Facts, and More. The Origin Of Fairy Tales. The origin of fairy tales dates back thousands of years.

The Origin Of Fairy Tales

The history of fairy tales or fairy stories have fantasy creatures such as faeries, fey, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and or talking animals. It is not necessary for these tales to be about fairies. Enchantments and far-fetched events are also usually part of the plot. JoMA Archives: Articles. Italian Fairies: Fate, Folletti, and Other Creatures of Legend by Raffaela Benvenuto A Rune With a View: An Introduction to the Visionary Alphabet of the Northern World by Ari Berk Penance, Power, and Pursuit: On the Trail of the Wild Hunt by Ari Berk and William Spytma Stones and Signs by Ari Berk The Dance of the Labyrinth by Ari Berk.

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A Study of Fairy Tales: Chapter IV. The History of Fairy Tales. Sacred Texts Miscellaneous Index Previous Next The gods of ancient mythology were changed into the demi-gods and heroes of ancient poetry, and these demi-gods again became, at a later age, the principal characters of our nursery tales.

A Study of Fairy Tales: Chapter IV. The History of Fairy Tales

--MAX MULLER Stories originally told tbout the characters of savage tales, were finally attracted into the legends of the gods of ancient mythology, or were attributed to demi-gods and heroes. --ANDREW LANG. How Disney Damages Fairy Tales and Historical Folklore. Jack Zipes, in his essay "Breaking the Disney Spell", directly addresses the issue of what happens when a story is taken from its original oral form and written down.

How Disney Damages Fairy Tales and Historical Folklore

Zipes discusses in depth what Walt Disney has done to fairy tales and the consequences of Disney's actions. Zipes addresses many issues, including those of context, society, and alteration of plot. He accuses Walt Disney of attacking "the literary tradition of the fairy tale" (344). While many scholars disagree with Zipes' accusations, his essay makes very solid and well-presented points that he promptly backs with fact.

Grimm Brothers' Home Page. Compiled by D.

Grimm Brothers' Home Page

L. Ashliman © 1999-2013 Contents Return to: How to Write a Fairy Tale for Russian 0090. Prepared by: Seth Graham and David J. Birnbaum (djbpitt+tales@pitt.edu) Last modified: 2011-03-03 by David J. Birnbaum (djbpitt+tales@pitt.edu) Location: Contents 1. Russian Fairy Tales. Russian Fairy Tales: The Video (12MB, Windows Media Viewer) (22MB, Quicktime) Autumn 2010 (2101) (Birnbaum, Aravich, Carpenter, French, Jones, Kirilloff, Kline, Macias, Marquette, Sauter, Snyder) General Course Materials Tests and Examinations Extra Credit Materials General Contents. Cinderella Stories.

This list of variations on the Cinderella story was initially compiled by Kathy Martin from suggestions by readers of the CHILDLIT mailing list.

Cinderella Stories

I have added additional titles suggested by Jean Rusting and others. Doris Dale has added additional titles and bibliographical information. Internet Resources The Cinderella Project. A text and image archive of a dozen English-language versions of Cinderella published between 1729 and 1912. Information about Judy Sierra's book, Cinderella (cited below), including a sample chapter ("Allerleirauh, or the Many-furred Creature") is available through the Oryx Press Home Page. SNOW WHITE BIBLIOGRAPHY PAGE. Many of the items in this list are quoted in segments of this Snow White module, but every attempt has been made to include additional resources on the topics. Aarne, Antti and Stith Thompson. The Types of Folktales: A Classification and Bibliography. Folklore Fellows Communication, no. 184. Fairy Tale Bibliography. By William Barker Note Call numbers are for the library of Dalhousie University.

Location of books not at Dalhousie but available at Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) or St Mary's University (SMU) are also indicated. I have many of the articles and books so if you are having trouble locating anything on the list, please ask me if I have a copy. The literature is vast and much of it is in German. Here I concentrate on material in English and on the main literary tradition represented by Perrault and Grimm.

Aesopus / FrontPage. AESOPUS: Latin Via Fables. Bestiaria Latina. The Thousand and One Nights (Sir Richard F. Burton on the Web) About John Crocker's History of "The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. " An intelligent and expansive site. From Andrew Lang's Fairy Books. Fairy Tale Resources / W. Barker. By William Barker This page is an introduction to some of the resources currently available for fairy tales and related short narrative forms. I have prepared this to go with English 4209, a course at Dalhousie University on fairy tales. There is a lot more that could go on here, but this is a start. Texts. 4209: Fairy Tales - Department of English. About the Department of English.

Basic Printed Texts. Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy. Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales and Stories. Charles Perrault's Mother Goose Tales. Compiled by D. L. Ashliman © 1998-2013 The Man Charles Perrault (1628-1703) was a member of the Académie Française and a leading intellectual of his time. Www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/cinder/cinintr.htm. 1946 Version: Beauty & the Beast. Jean Cocteau’s artistic vision, the 1946 film La Belle et la Bete, is a surreal, dream-like experience. Modern viewers may have a hard time getting past its occasional hokiness, and the fact that it is a French movie and in black and white. Despite these factors, it’s definitely still worth renting. The beast’s make-up alone is amazing to behold, considering this movie was made over 50 years ago.

Cinderella. Comminfo.rutgers.edu/professional-development/childlit/snowwhite.html. Folklinks: Folk and Fairy-Tale Sites. Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales (Grimms' Fairy Tales) Grimm Brothers' Home Page. Compiled by D. Newfairytales.co.uk - the online magazine of new fairy tales. Studio.berkeley.edu/coursework/moses/courses/Texts/Zipes.pdf.